A number of years ago, when I lived in KC, I caught a prowler (window peeper) hiding in some bushes by my house. My car headlights and yelling at him were enough to scare him away however, I have wondered what would have happened if he "jumped me". Guess this is a question that can only be answered in the split seconds when it happens.

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"It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the guns begin to shoot." Rudyard Kipling

I just started reading On Killing by Col. David Grossman . When he discusses the main subject matter, he seems to be right but the book has some anti-gun remarks that aren't scientific as well as some black victimhood / white guilt stuff that is equally wrong .
Violence in the black areas is not due to the number or availability of guns . Guns are far more numerous and sold in more stores in white areas .

The book, Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell correctly traces violence in the black ghetto to the culture of the Scottish Highlands ; not to the broadcast of Hollywood movies and T.V. into black households .

Another book, Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin , touches on violent southern culture when it mentions a man who warns Griffin that a group of southern blacks can be chatting amiably and then suddenly someone pulls a knife .